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, ).VWA'I'TERSv Nlode ofV Securing Button-Holes.

N0. 133,554. Patented Dec.3,1872.

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4JOHN WATTERS, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES SOHUSSLER,

OF SAME PLACE. y

iwiPRovEmENr IN THE Moos QF sec-:URING BUTTON-HOLES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 133,554, datedv December 3, 1872.

To ctllavhom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JoHN Warrnns, of the city, county, and State of New York, have invented certa-in Improvements in Encircling Button-Holes with Metallic Rims, of which the following is a specification:

The object of my invention is to prevent the tearing of the fabrics into which buttoirholes are made in a simpler, cheaper, and nea-ter manner than heretobefore done.

In orderto describe my invention more fully,.

I will refer to the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification.

Figure I is a front view of a piece of carriage-cover embodying my invention. Fig. II is a back View of the same.` Fig. III is a cut sectional view through linea Fig. I. Fig. IV is a detached side view of the rear part of insertions are made into the same, and justas many as the rim O has projections a a. These insertions are made in. a distance from the buttonhole corresponding with the 'circle ot' the rim O, and the projections a c are placed in these insertions. The back rim D is then slipped over the projections a a, pointing out on the back 'of the fabric, andthe projections a a are bent over the rim D,which will Iirmly hold the two rims (ly and D together, and

compress the fabric in such a manner that the tearing out of the fabric around the button hole will entirely be prevented.

I have'found by experimenting that thebe'st metal for this purpose is Norwegian iron 5 but I do not confine myself to this or any other kind of metal, nor do I confine myself to the circular form of the rims. `Oval-shaped or other form of rims may be used to the same advantage; but

What I Wish to claim as my invention is- The metallic rim O with projections t a, and the metallic rim D, in combination with a but ton-hole, B, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore shown and set forth.

v JOHN IVA'ITERS.

Witnesses;-

FRANKLIN BARRITT, RICHARD, GERNER. 

